US6139082A - Cross car beam with adjustable mounting locations - Google Patents
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US6688680B1 (en) | 2002-12-17 | 2004-02-10 | Bayer Polymers Llc | Molded cross vehicle beam |
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US5931520A (en) * | 1997-12-19 | 1999-08-03 | Aluminum Company Of America | Light weight instrument panel reinforcement structure |
US5934744A (en) * | 1997-10-01 | 1999-08-10 | General Motors Corporation | Cross car structural beam |
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US5341895A (en) * | 1993-03-18 | 1994-08-30 | Ingersoll-Rand Company | Movable control console |
US5678877A (en) * | 1993-05-14 | 1997-10-21 | Kansei Corporation | Structure of instrument panel portion for use in vehicles |
US5823602A (en) * | 1993-06-15 | 1998-10-20 | Davidson Textron Inc. | Structural instrument panel carrier assembly |
US5358300A (en) * | 1993-10-25 | 1994-10-25 | Davidson Textron Inc. | Modular assembly for vehicle body |
US5387023A (en) * | 1994-04-18 | 1995-02-07 | Chrysler Corporation | Reinforced instrument panel assembly |
US5564769A (en) * | 1994-12-19 | 1996-10-15 | Chrysler Corporations | Reinforced instrument panel assembly |
US5806916A (en) * | 1995-08-30 | 1998-09-15 | Mercedes-Benz Ag | Cross member for mounting instrument panel |
US5752718A (en) * | 1995-10-09 | 1998-05-19 | Mercedes-Benz Ag | Motor vehicle forward structure having a knee restraint with defined yielding capability |
US5927755A (en) * | 1997-01-31 | 1999-07-27 | Isuzu Motors Limited | Knee bolster structure |
US5868426A (en) * | 1997-05-27 | 1999-02-09 | Chrysler Corporation | Cross car steering column support and method of installation |
US5934744A (en) * | 1997-10-01 | 1999-08-10 | General Motors Corporation | Cross car structural beam |
US5931520A (en) * | 1997-12-19 | 1999-08-03 | Aluminum Company Of America | Light weight instrument panel reinforcement structure |
US5934733A (en) * | 1997-12-19 | 1999-08-10 | General Motors Corporation | Extruded instrument panel structure |
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US6276740B1 (en) * | 1997-08-21 | 2001-08-21 | Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag | Method of securing components together and a structural member made by said method |
US6315347B1 (en) * | 1999-06-11 | 2001-11-13 | Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag | Center console cross member in a motor vehicle and method of making same |
WO2001094189A1 (en) * | 2000-06-07 | 2001-12-13 | Intier Automotive Interiors Limited | Support assembly for a vehicle dashboard |
US6644722B2 (en) | 2002-01-17 | 2003-11-11 | Bayer Corporation | Molded article having a rigid support and a rigid hollow member |
US20040056503A1 (en) * | 2002-06-26 | 2004-03-25 | Christian Brancheriau | Dashboard assembly and vehicle comprising the assembly |
US6890016B2 (en) * | 2002-06-26 | 2005-05-10 | Faurecia Interieur Industrie | Dashboard assembly and vehicle comprising the assembly |
US6948738B2 (en) * | 2002-09-03 | 2005-09-27 | Euromotive Gmbh & Co. Kg | Device for the protection of the legs of a vehicle occupant |
US20040041385A1 (en) * | 2002-09-03 | 2004-03-04 | Euromotive Gmbh & Co. Kg | Device for the protection of the legs of a vehicle occupant |
US6688680B1 (en) | 2002-12-17 | 2004-02-10 | Bayer Polymers Llc | Molded cross vehicle beam |
US20050001450A1 (en) * | 2002-12-17 | 2005-01-06 | Christopher Cooper | Method of preparing a molded cross vehicle beam |
US7125466B2 (en) | 2002-12-17 | 2006-10-24 | Bayer Materialscience Llc | Method of preparing a molded cross vehicle beam |
US7246845B2 (en) | 2003-09-03 | 2007-07-24 | Asc Incorporated | Structural seat system for an automotive vehicle |
US7413242B2 (en) | 2003-09-03 | 2008-08-19 | Specialty Vehicle Acquisition Corp. | Structural seat system for an automotive vehicle |
US20050161967A1 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2005-07-28 | Mostafa Rashidy | Structural seat system for an automotive vehicle |
US20050161968A1 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2005-07-28 | Mostafa Rashidy | Structural seat system for an automotive vehicle |
US20050134091A1 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2005-06-23 | Mostafa Rashidy | Structural system for a convertible automotive vehicle |
US20050046235A1 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2005-03-03 | Robertson James E. | Structural reinforcement system for an automotive vehicle |
US20080157567A1 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2008-07-03 | Specialty Vehicle Acquisition Corporation | Structural System For An Automotive Vehicle |
US20050161980A1 (en) * | 2003-09-03 | 2005-07-28 | Mostafa Rashidy | Structural seat system for an automotive vehicle |
US7413240B2 (en) | 2003-09-03 | 2008-08-19 | Specialty Vehicle Acquisition Corp. | Structural system for a convertible automotive vehicle |
US7481486B2 (en) | 2003-09-03 | 2009-01-27 | Specialty Vehicle Acquisition Corp. | Structural seat system for an automotive vehicle |
US7614686B2 (en) | 2003-09-03 | 2009-11-10 | Specialty Vehicle Acquisition Corp. | Structural reinforcement system for an automotive vehicle |
US20140157976A1 (en) * | 2009-08-11 | 2014-06-12 | Sujoy Kumar Guha | Vehicle Capable of Dissipating Explosion Force and Energy |
US20120137867A1 (en) * | 2009-08-11 | 2012-06-07 | Sujoy Kumar Guha | Vehicle Capable of Dissipating Explosion Force and Energy |
US8490537B2 (en) * | 2009-08-11 | 2013-07-23 | Sujoy Kumar Guha | Vehicle capable of dissipating explosion force and energy |
US9021933B2 (en) * | 2009-08-11 | 2015-05-05 | Sujoy Kumar Guha | Vehicle capable of dissipating explosion force and energy |
FR2961770A1 (en) * | 2010-06-24 | 2011-12-30 | Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa | Fascia for e.g. car, has airbag module mounted inside fascia by sliding in grooves formed at interior of fascia, and mounted and/or extracted via side of fascia, where grooves extend along large dimension of airbag module |
US8925993B2 (en) * | 2012-10-26 | 2015-01-06 | Denso International America, Inc. | Mounting feature to cross car beam |
US20140117700A1 (en) * | 2012-10-26 | 2014-05-01 | Denso International America, Inc. | Mounting feature to cross car beam |
US9925946B2 (en) * | 2015-12-04 | 2018-03-27 | Fca Us Llc | Low mass passenger airbag |
US11208058B2 (en) * | 2017-08-23 | 2021-12-28 | Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. | Electrical component-attached wire harness for vehicle dashboard and assembly structure of electrical component-attached wire harness |
US10807662B2 (en) | 2017-11-20 | 2020-10-20 | Ford Global Technologies, Llc | Method of producing a cross car beam utilizing net, form and pierce technology |
WO2024038192A1 (en) | 2022-08-18 | 2024-02-22 | Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland Gmbh | Dashboard support |
DE102022120869A1 (en) | 2022-08-18 | 2024-02-29 | Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland Gmbh | Instrument panel support |
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